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Wednesday 27th Jan
After a couple of disappointing days for the GB team at the ISA World Surfing Games in Piha, NZ, they are currently lying in a very respectable 12th position (out of 21 teams) and are hoping to improve on this when the final positions are announced on Thursday.
Laura Crane, Gabi Rowe and Lucy Campbell were all knocked out of the repercharge rounds on Monday, on podium 2, being beaten by the difficult conditions and some strong surfing from the other competition.
Alex Baker, Nathan Elms and Jobe Harris were the last boys remaining in the repercharge and in the under 18s, Nathan and Alex met each other in the same heat, with Alex taking the second place and Nathan being knocked out after some very committed surfing in the 3 foot left hander’s on podium 1, both boys holding 1st place in a very exciting heat. Jobe Harris in the under 16s , unfortunately went out after an unlucky heat where he was lying 2nd for most of the time, but in the last 5 minutes he moved down to third and was unable to improve on his scores, as the previously pumping south Piha lefts just died off for the remainder of the heat!
The remaining 2 surfers for the GB team, Tassy Swallow and Alex Baker both surfed on Tuesday morning, but were unable to progress further, both getting knocked out in their heats.
Today (Wednesday) is a day of rest for the team, before the finals day on Thursday where the team will watch the best young surfers in the world battle it out, in what promises to be a fantastic display of excellent progressive surfing in the off shore 3 foot Piha surf. You can watch this live on www.isaworldjuniors.com
Other good news, Tassy Swallow has been awarded an ISA scholarship of $900 to be used to progress her surfing career – well done Tassy!
Thanks for all your support, and see you in the UK – there will be more photos in the next few days
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